Smaragd User Manual

Smaragd is a desktop writing tool for long-form fiction and other manuscripts organized as a folder of Markdown files. It borrows ideas from Scrivener (binder, folder roles, templates), Longform/Obsidian (frontmatter metadata, wikilinks), Lisa Cron’s Story Genius (structured story cards), and Helix (color themes, : command prompt).

This manual covers what the app does and how to use it. For internals (source layout, build/test commands), see the main README and ARCHITECTURE.md.